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My Escapes -by A Bachelor

By: A Bachelor (penname)

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1912

Seller ID: 163163

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, a solid Very Good example, light wear and rubbing, age toning to the outer edge of the text block, business lending library label on verso of the front cover, no dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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The Revolt of the Cockroach People -by Oscar Zeta Acosta (sequel to The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo )

By: Acosta, Oscar Zeta

Price: $242.93 CAD

Publisher: San Francisco, California, San Francisco, CA: Straight Arrow Books, 1973, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1973

Seller ID: 165830

ISBN: 0879320605

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, corner tips are ever so slightly rubbed, a tight square copy ---in an attractive Good to Very Good dustjacket, short nick and associated crinkling at lower front flap fold, some flaking to the spine, a wee bit of sunning to the spine, looks quite nice in a hi-quality mylar protector, ---this is Acosta's 2nd and final book which was released shortly before his (presumed) death in Mexico in 1974, Acosta was the basis for Hunter S Thompson's Dr Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, ---he was an activist as well as a lawyer who was deeply involved in t...
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Image for Horatio Stubbs Series: The Hand Reared Boy ---with A Soldier Erect ---with A Rude Awakening ---3 Volumes ---Book 1, 2 and 3 of the Trilogy ---by Brian Aldiss ---all Signed

Horatio Stubbs Series: The Hand Reared Boy ---with A Soldier Erect ---with A Rude Awakening ---3 Volumes ---Book 1, 2 and 3 of the Trilogy ---by Brian Aldiss ---all Signed

By: Aldiss, Brian W ( Signed )(Pseudonyms: Jael Cracken, Peter Pica, John Runciman, C.C. Shackleton, Arch Mendicant, & "Doc" Peristyle )

Price: $53.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Corgi, 1979, 1st Paperback Editions, First and Later Printings: 1979

Seller ID: 138478

ISBN: 0552111422

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------3 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), paperbacks, all are Corgi editions, all are signed and dated 1989 by ALDISS, all in uniform format, a bit of light wear but very nice copies of this erotic romp trilogy, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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We Walk Alone Through Lesbos' Lonely Groves -by Ann Aldrich --a Signed Copy

By: Aldrich, Ann (Signed) (aka Marijane Meaker / Vin Packer / M E Kerr )

Price: $121.43 CAD

Publisher: Greenwich, Connecticutt, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal # 509, 1956, 1st Edition, 2nd printing, Canadian Imprint: 1956

Seller ID: 165539

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------paperback,a solid Good example, some light wear, a bit of age toning to paper, short tear on front panel near upper spine tip, signed and dated 2003 by Aldrich on title page (without inscription), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE
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The Testaments -by Margaret Atwood (sequel to The Handmaid's Tale )

By: Atwood, Margaret

Price: $94.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart ( M&S ), 2019, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 2019

Seller ID: 165802

ISBN: 0771009437

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Fine example, in a Fine dustjacket, the 1st Canadian edition, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Lady Oracle -by Margaret Atwood -a Signed Copy ( with a Lady Oracle bookmark)

By: Atwood, Margaret (signed)

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart ( M&S ), 1976, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 1976

Seller ID: 165877

ISBN: 0771008155

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example with a bit of foxing to the upper edge of the text block, in a solid Very Good dustjacket, some rubbing as usually seen on this jacket, some shallow flaking and creasing, the 1st Canadian edition, signed without inscription by Margaret Atwood, laid into this copy is a contemporary (1976 or 1977) bookmark advertising this title, ---"Lady Oracle is Margaret Atwood’s third novel, a comic masterpiece in its parodies of literary forms and subversion of literary expectations. -- Our heroine is Joan Foster, who has spent her life on the run, albeit qui...
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The Journals of Susanna Moodie -by Margaret Atwood (signed); Illustrations / Illustrated By Charles Pachter (signed)

By: Atwood, Margaret (signed); Memoir By Charles Pachter (signed); Froeword By David Staines

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1997, 1st MW&R Edition, Later Printing: 1997

Seller ID: 165801

ISBN: 155199013X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example with dark blue cloth spine, a wee bit of light rubbing to boards, no dustjacket as issued, signed WITHOUT inscription by both ATWOOD and PACHTER, this is the 3rd edition of Atwood's poetry collection (originally issued in 1970 without illustrations ) and the 2nd edition with Pachter illustrations (previously released in 1980 as a limited edition ), this is the 1st Macfarlane edition, no slipcase, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Fable and the Flesh -by Marcel Ayme ( French title: La Vouivre )( Aym )

By: Aym, Marcel ( Ayme )

Price: $60.68 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Mayflower, 1968, 1st Mayflower Edition, 2nd Printing: 1968

Seller ID: 163238

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------paperback, a solid Very Good copy, a tight square example, a bit of light wear and rubbing, a bit of browning to paper and verso of the covers, scarce, ---Original title "La Vouivre", the Lady of the Serpents, from French folklore. A witty story concerning the appearance of this temptress in a conventional French village., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Fable and the Flesh -by Marcel Ayme ( French title: La Vouivre )( Aym )

By: Aym, Marcel ( Ayme )

Price: $107.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Bodley Head, 1949, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1949

Seller ID: 164386

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------hardcover, a solid Good exlibrary example, usual library stamps and marks although there are no library indications to the spine or covers, no dustjacket, there is no publisher name on the spine so this might be rebound, endpapers appear to be replaced, scarce, ---Original title "La Vouivre", the Lady of the Serpents, from French folklore. A witty story concerning the appearance of this temptress in a conventional French village., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Louisa Murray and Other Tales

By: Baker, Mrs F M

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y / New York.: C L Stickney, 1846, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1846

Seller ID: 141500

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

------------hardcover, about 4 x 6.25 inches, a solid Good copy in brown cloth, pencil inscription dated 1850 on front endpaper, a bit of foxing and age toning to paper, a nice little vintage copy of a scarce title from a seldom seen publisher, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for A House Boat on the Styx, Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of The Associated Shades -by John Kendrick Bangs ( 1923 Edition in Dustjacket )( Diverse )

A House Boat on the Styx, Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of The Associated Shades -by John Kendrick Bangs ( 1923 Edition in Dustjacket )( Diverse )

By: Bangs, John Kendrick (aka Anne Warrington Witherup )

Price: $30.98 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Harper & Brothers / Harpers, 1923, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 1923

Seller ID: 160013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------hardcover, red cloth, a solid Very Good+ example with a wee bit of very light edge wear, in an attractive Good dustjacket with some chips and very short tears predominately at the spine tips , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Cleaning Up: Birmingham Science Fiction Club / Novacon 17 ---by Iain M Banks ---a Signed Copy

By: Banks, Iain M (signed) / Novacon 17 Special / Birmingham Science Fiction Club ( Ian )

Price: $202.43 CAD

Publisher: Birmingham, England, Birmingham, UK: Birmingham Science Fiction Club / Novacon 17, 1987, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1987

Seller ID: 141563

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------trade paperback size chapbook, a Near Fine/Fine copy, signed by Banks without inscription, # 404 of 500 copies, a sharp copy, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Night They Raided Minsky's -by Rowland Barber ( Gregori Burlesque Cover Art )

By: Barber, Rowland

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Avon # S-102 ( Canadian Imprint ), 1960 (actually 1964 ), 1st Avon Edition, First Printing: 1964

Seller ID: 161068

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

---------- paperback, a solid Very Good copy, some light rubbing, ---age toning to paper, nice burlesque-y cover art, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Intruder -by Charles Beaumont

By: Beaumont, Charles ( Pen Name for Charles Nutt )

Price: $12.08 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Dell Edition # F94, 1959, 1st Printing, Canadian Imprint: 1959

Seller ID: 138661

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------paperback, a solid Good copy, some spine and cover creases but still a solid copy, some age toning to paper, a novel about racism in the South, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for 6 VOLUMES: Green Hand; Sea for Breakfast; Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Cookbook --- Secrets from a Crofter's Kitchen; Bruach Blend; Bay of Strangers; About My Father's Business -by Lillian Beckwith ( Cook Book / recipes )

6 VOLUMES: Green Hand; Sea for Breakfast; Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Cookbook --- Secrets from a Crofter's Kitchen; Bruach Blend; Bay of Strangers; About My Father's Business -by Lillian Beckwith ( Cook Book / recipes )

By: Beckwith, Lillian

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, Uk: Arrow / Sheridan Book Company, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1989, 1994, softover Editions, 1st and Later Printings: 1978

Seller ID: 165737

ISBN: 0099172607

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------6 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), paperbacks, all are solid Good or better copies, some cover and spine creases, gift inscriptions, a bit of age toning to paper, all are ARROW editions except BUSINESS which is a Sheridan edition, ---- cookbook has 218 pages, recipe sections include: Soups; Shellfish; Fish; Meat, Poultry & Game; Savoury Dishes; Puddings & Sweets; Bread; Cakes, Large & Small, Buns & Biscuits; Scones; Sauces; Miscellaneous, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and NOT a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Eddie and the Archangel Mike ---by Barry Benefield ( Armed Services Edition / ASE # 710 )

By: Benefield, Barry

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Armed Services Edition / ASE, no date (circa 1942 ), 1st ASE Edition, First Printing: 1942

Seller ID: 165715

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------oblong paperback size softcover, about 5.5 x 3.75 inches, a solid Good copy, some wear and light creases, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Untold Stories -by Alan Bennett (inc. The Lady in the Van; Written on the Body; Diaries; The History Boys; Denton Welch; )( Plays, Radio, TV, Art Architecture Authors, etc)

Untold Stories -by Alan Bennett (inc. The Lady in the Van; Written on the Body; Diaries; The History Boys; Denton Welch; )( Plays, Radio, TV, Art Architecture Authors, etc)

By: Bennett, Alan

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Faber and Faber / Profile Books, 2005, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2005

Seller ID: 159212

ISBN: 0571228305

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 6w x 9.5h inches, a Near Fine copy, in a Near Fine dustjacket with a very small nick on one edge, 658 pages, b&w photos, one colour illustration, ---"An instant bestseller in the U.K., "Untold Stories" brings together the finest and funniest writing by one of England's best-known literary figures. In his first major collection since "Writing Home, " Alan Bennett opens with a poignant memoir of growing up in Leeds and closes with an account of his cancer diagnosis and recovery, with everything from his much-celebrated essays to his irreverent comi...
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The Honeymoon: A Play in Three Acts ---by Arnold Bennett ( 3 )

By: Bennett, Arnold

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: George H Doran, 1912, 1st Uniform Edition, First Printing: 1912

Seller ID: 161743

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------hardcover, about 5.25w x 7.75h inches, a Very Good+ example with some age toning to the edges of the boards, some browning to the outer edges of the text block, a very tidy copy overall, in the scarce dustjacket which has some small chips and short tears with a bit of loss at spine tips, a, a few pages have been unevenly cut and have some small chips/loss along the fore edge, ny image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Were I to Tell You -Poetry By Bruce Bennett- Drawings By William Roberts -Signed By Both / Wells College Press ( Poems )( poet Chapbook Series )

By: Bennett, Bruce (signed); Drawings By William Roberts (signed) / Wells College Press

Price: $53.93 CAD

Publisher: USA, Aurora, N.Y.: Wells College Press, 2001, 1st edition, First Printing: 2001

Seller ID: 164354

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of light rubbing, signed by Bennett and Roberts, this is one of 150 signed and numbered copies BUT this copy is unnumbered so likely part of a small over printing, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Selected Letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

By: Bigelow, Gordon E and Laura V Monti (editors), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: Florida, Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida ( Presses ), 1983, 1st edition, First Printing: 1983

Seller ID: 143265

ISBN: 0813007283

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, no dustjacket, 414 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Category: Literature Fiction